3 wines to try, buy and put by

TO TRY

2106 Muga Barrel fermented White Rioja 2012, €15.95 from Cases Wine Warehouse, Galway, cases.ie; The Corkscrew, Dublin, thecorkscrew.ie and selected independents (89)

Muga is a traditional Rioja producer of well-aged, ultra-smooth wines. However, minimal intervention is the new Rioja mantra. In the region, there were two white styles: barrel-aged wines that mirrored the classic reds and bright, unoaked whites. This is an example of the third, highly technical approach, which hopes to ...